Chapter 285
The general was already unhappy, and his wife was still looking for trouble with him: "How could you not know if I was fooling around outside? Where did this affair come from? Can you please stop fooling around?"
Madam Liu was furious when she thought of what other women said in front of her: "Didn't you hear people outside saying that that face must be yours? Before, it was because that little Taoist priest looked like Wen back then that people suspected he was Wen's son, but he turned out to be the real one. Now people say that the people around that little Taoist priest look like you, so why can't I ask you? Are you feeling guilty or something? I tell you, if that kid is really yours, don't blame me for taking the kids back to my parents' home!"
Madam Liu rushed out stubbornly. She wanted to meet the man outside who looked like her husband and ask him where he came from. But she also knew that the young Taoist priest was very important and he and the people around him were not someone she could see whenever she wanted.
The general who guards the country felt that his wife was being completely unreasonable. He had been very irritable recently and had no idea how he had offended the emperor. Other members of the royal family had also done what he had done, but only he was demoted, which clearly showed that the emperor disliked him. Now there was another son, Mo Xuyou.
If it is really his son, it would be great. Everyone knows how much His Majesty values that little Taoist priest. Even the people around the little Taoist priest benefit from him. If it is really his son, and he is recognized as his son, how can he have no status in front of His Majesty?
But before getting married, he had only loved one woman. No, that woman was a fairy. Now he didn't even want to mention her. Ha, would a fairy give birth to a child for him? Even if she did, the child would be a bastard, a monster.
The general who guards the country shook his head and firmly denied the possibility that he had a son. He also tried to seek connections with the young Taoist priest. He originally wanted to make further progress, but now he has not even kept the title of prince. When it is passed to his son, the title will be even lower. Maybe after two or three generations, his branch will become unknown commoners.
But is it so easy to get along with Taoist Yuan Jing? When they saw His Majesty personally go out of the city to meet Yuan Jing at his farm, the people in the capital became even more anxious. How many people can get such preferential treatment?
Zhuo Jingming was actually very busy, but he had to take time out to come and see Yuan Jing, because after seeing the Jiang family members being beheaded, he decided to leave the capital and return to the Taoist temple. Zhuo Jingming was very reluctant to let him go, and he came to the farm specifically to keep Yuan Jing in the capital.
Yuan Jing smiled and said, "Why would a Taoist like me stay in the capital? I don't think my uncle would want to make me a national master, right?"
Zhuo Jingming wanted to appoint one, but the fate of the previous national master was right in front of him, which made the position of national master become ominous. Promoting Yuan Jing to the position of national master was not to respect him, but to harm him.
Zhuo Jingming still tried to argue, "I can give you a piece of land in the suburbs of Beijing to build a new Taoist temple. You and Taoist Bixu can recruit disciples here and make the temple flourish."
Taoist Bixu said nothing. He squinted his eyes and looked contented, as if he was letting his disciple have the final say.
Yuan Jing shook his head. "If you stay in the capital for too long, people will become restless. It is not a suitable place for practicing Taoism. In fact, I lived a good life in Liuzhuang Taoist Temple during those years. I did not suffer as much as my uncle thought. Although Liuzhuang Taoist Temple is small, the people living in the mountains need it, and the friends I made in the mountains are also waiting for us to return. Uncle, we will travel often, and we will pass by the capital to see you. When you marry the queen and give birth to princes and princesses, the palace will be lively."
Zhuo Jingming could see that Yuan Jing had made up his mind, and he couldn't change it with just a few words. However, he still felt regretful. After spending some time with Yuan Jing, he also knew that he had a close relationship with his master Funeng. If they continued to get along like this, then his uncle's lineage would really be cut off.
He also didn't know whether his cousin, if still alive, would hope that his children could follow his wishes and live a happy life, or marry, have children and enjoy wealth and luxury.
"Well, uncle can't force you to stay, but I have something else to discuss with Yuan Jing and Taoist Bixu." Zhuo Jingming thought for a moment, put the Cui family's matter aside for the time being, and brought up another matter.
The old Taoist priest opened his eyes, wondering what the emperor wanted to discuss with him.
Yuan Jing: "Uncle, you say."
When Zhuo Jingming spoke again, it was as an emperor instead of Yuan Jing's cousin. The experiences during this period were earth-shaking for him. He witnessed the extraordinary power of these cultivators, a power that was strong enough to override the imperial court. Thinking about the previous fight, with Ling Xiao Yaodao and the demon king, it might be possible for them to blow the entire capital city into ruins. If such unrestrained power was left unchecked, he would not be able to sit securely on the throne.
But because Yuan Jing was his cousin, he didn't want to play any other tricks. He hoped that both the monks and the goblins and ghosts could operate within the same framework instead of using their power wantonly and causing dozens or thousands of deaths of civilians.
He gradually learned from the Taoist and Buddhist sects how many evil things the demon Lingxiao had done over the years. It was truly too numerous to list.
Zhuo Jingming slowly expressed his thoughts. Of course, it was just an immature idea. If he really mentioned it to other Taoists and monks, they would probably make him unable to be emperor first. But it was different with his nephew. Without his nephew, he might be a dead man now. He knew that his fate was changed because of his nephew.
Yuan Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this. In fact, Zhuo Jingming's concerns were very reasonable. The entire cultivation world, including those demons and monsters, was really in a state of disorder. Even the Taoists and Buddhists operated according to their own rules. Some believed that humans and demons and monsters could not coexist and would fight and kill each other at any time. Some believed in nature and believed that everything in the world had its own reasons. As long as they did not harm others, everyone was a cultivator and could live in peace with each other.
Zhuo Jingming was a little worried when he first mentioned these ideas. He was worried that Yuan Jing and his master, Taoist Bixu, would not accept them. How could these masters be willing to be bound by rules? But when he saw Yuan Jing's eyes, he felt relieved.
The old Taoist saw his apprentice's excitement and said, "It may not be easy to accomplish this."
Yuan Jing said: "Everything depends on human effort. We can't just stand still because it's difficult."
Fu Neng stood by Yuan Jing without any principles: "Brother Jing, if you want to do it, just do it. If you fail, the worst that can happen is that we can just keep the status quo."
Taoist Bixu twirled his beard. Fu Neng told the truth. At worst, the current situation would remain the same. In this sense, there was no need to fear failure.
Yuan Jing added: "If it can't be done in ten years, then try a hundred years. If it still can't be done in a hundred years, then we can see results in two or three hundred years."
The old Taoist sighed and laughed: "Since you have thought it through, just do it if you want to. Your master will take care of anything for you." You always have to let your apprentice give it a try. If he succeeds, it will be a great merit.
Zhuo Jingming smiled. It was good enough if he could convince Yuan Jing and the old Taoist priest. Because of the matter of Ling Xiao's demon, the old Taoist priest and Yuan Jing were quite famous in the cultivation world. It would be much easier to have them take the lead than to bring it up himself.
The few of them discussed for a long time, and the result of the discussion was to form a cultivation alliance, under which they would set up the Taoist Department, the Buddhist Department, the Demon Department, and the Ghost Department to command all beings with supernatural powers in the world, formulate various rules, let these beings operate within the rules, and create a harmonious society where humans and demons and monsters coexist.
Yuan Jing was the first to pull in the Demon King. With the Demon King here and issuing orders, he believed that all the demons in the world would follow the Demon King as a guide for their actions.
The demon king was just lying on the roof in his original form, basking in the sun lazily. His feathers were warm and he felt so comfortable. He had been sealed at the bottom of Yingtan Gorge for hundreds of years and had not been able to bask in the sun properly, so this was his favorite thing to do now. Suddenly, he was pulled down by Yuan Jing.
Zhuo Jingming and Mu Yinghai were all frightened by Yuan Jing's actions, fearing that the Demon King would get angry. However, Yuan Jing acted as if he didn't notice their worries and repeated his idea of establishing a cultivation alliance with the Demon King as the elder of the demon side.
The demon king laughed and said, "I'm not interested. I just want to have a good sleep."
Yuan Jing said earnestly: "Doesn't the demon king worry about the fate of the demons of his kind? When everything is on track, the demons can walk openly on the streets of human cities, without having to worry about those stupid Taoist priests and monks who shout and kill the demons as soon as they see them."
The demon king laughed: "So you also think those Taoist priests and monks are not smart?"
The old Taoist twitched his lips. His disciple became more and more unrestrained after being let out.
Yuan Jing emphasized, "It's just a small part. My master and I are both normal people. With this management, there will be more and more normal people. They can't help but become normal."
It was the first time that the demon king heard someone come up with such a wild idea. He rolled his eyes and said, "If you can really get those Taoist and Buddhist people to come in, I can agree to this."
"Okay, let's wait for Senior Demon King to say this, then we can let go and do it."
Zhuo Jingming was also very happy. The Demon King's words showed that he was also willing to accept the constraints of rules, which made him feel much more at ease. After all, as the demon with the highest cultivation level, the Demon King was a powerful weapon.
Zhuo Jingming was going back to the palace. The establishment of this alliance still required the cooperation of the court. He had to persuade some officials to cooperate with Yuan Jing and his team. Before leaving, he asked Yuan Jing and his team, "Do you really not need me to do anything else for you?"
Yuan Jing remembered something and pulled the emperor aside to whisper a few words. The emperor glanced at Mu Yinghai standing beside him and nodded with a smile: "Okay, my cousin has agreed. You guys just wait on the farm."
"Okay, uncle, take care."
After the emperor left, Mu Yinghai came over and asked, "Little Taoist priest, what did you say to His Majesty that made His Majesty look at me so specially before leaving?" It would be strange if it had nothing to do with him. That look made him feel uneasy.
Yuan Jing said, "Does it count as clearing your name? Don't you want that scumbag to regret it?"
Mu Yinghai thought back to that night when the man said he was a monster. He knew he could no longer recognize this father, but he felt sorry for his mother. Why did his mother think about this man until her death, but the man regarded his mother as an alien and even denied the relationship they had in the past?
He had just heard Yuan Jing and the others discussing the Cultivation Alliance, and he was actually very happy to hear it. With such a management department, his half-demon identity would no longer be regarded as an alien, and he would be able to show up in front of people openly without having to hide.
Mu Yinghai was a little shy, scratched his head and said: "Actually, there is no need to do anything else..."
Yuan Jing patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just a matter of your Majesty saying a few words and asking you to make a trip. If you really don't want to, then I'll pass on a few words to your Majesty."
"...Then I'll give it a try."
Mu Yinghai was still very moved. His mother had never harmed that man. He was the half-demon born to his mother and that man. Why couldn't he just admit it openly? Why could he only watch that man's family of five living in harmony and happiness?
He was unwilling to do nothing, so he just revealed his identity and told others who his biological father was, and he would not do anything else.
The imperial palace was moved back from the suburbs of Beijing to the imperial palace in the capital. The dignitaries in the capital were all watching. Taoist Yuan Jing was indeed highly regarded by His Majesty, but it was a pity that he had no way to establish connections with him. Unexpectedly, after His Majesty entered Beijing, he turned around and sent a message to the manor, inviting Master Mu Yinghai from the manor to come to the palace for a talk.
"Who is that Master Mu? Why is it worthy of Your Majesty to invite him to the palace for a talk?"
"I don't know that yet. This Master Mu Yinghai looks like the general who guards the country. He is suspected to be the general's lover in his early years."
"No way. In his early years, the Prince of Cheng County was quite self-disciplined."
"Keep oneself clean? Ha, you youngsters really don't know anything. In the early years, the Prince of Cheng County was deeply in love with a woman, but was later separated by the Prince of Cheng County and that Ling Xiao demon."
"Why is there still the matter of Ling Xiao Demon Dao? He has to get involved in everything."
"Who knows what that evil Taoist was thinking, but now it seems that maybe that woman wasn't a human at all."
"If it's not a human, then what is it? Could it be a demon or a ghost?"
"Maybe it's a demon, otherwise why would Ling Xiao Demon Dao have anything to do with it?"
The people who heard this gasped: "Could it be that the Prince of Cheng County had a child with that female demon? Then is this child a human or a demon?"
Someone who knew some details about what happened back then calculated with his fingers: "Based on his age, it is really possible that this is the child left behind by the woman back then. Could it be that this Mr. Mu came to Beijing to recognize his relatives? Oh, I remember, the woman back then seemed to have the surname Mu."
Some curious people ran up to the current general and asked him whether the woman who was with him back then was a human or a demon, and whether her surname was Mu. The general became very impatient when people brought up old things. If he hadn't been demoted and hadn't had any real job, he would have kicked these people out long ago.
"What are you doing? What does this have to do with you?"
"Haha, of course it's okay, but we are not allowed to watch for fun? I wonder why that Mr. Mu and the general look alike. Wasn't the woman's surname Mu? It seems that the woman really gave birth to a child for the general. The general is so lucky."
The general froze when he heard this, and quickly grabbed the man and asked, "What did you say was that man's last name?"
"My surname is Mu, and my name is Mu Yinghai. Right now, Mr. Mu has been summoned by His Majesty to the palace for questioning. If you want to know anything, just go to the palace and ask His Majesty or Mr. Mu."
The people who came to watch the fun left, it seems that it is almost certain. I heard that the young master Mu beside Taoist Yuan Jing is not an ordinary person. Now it seems that the possibility that he is a fairy is very high. I never thought that the general who guards the country is really a blessed man. He can even give birth to a fairy child with a female fairy.
The general stood there in a daze, mumbling, "Impossible, how is this possible?"
Mu Shuang actually gave birth to a child for him? How is this possible? She is a fairy, how can a fairy have a child with a human? Taoist Ling Xiao said that there is no result between humans and fairies, and it will affect their bodies and cause them to die early.
Although Ling Xiao is now called a demon, what he said back then was not wrong. He said Mu Shuang was a demon, and Mu Shuang was indeed a demon.
When the wife of the general heard this, her face turned extremely ugly. Not only did her husband have a woman before, he also had a son with that woman, and that woman was a witch.
This matter must have spread throughout the capital by now. She didn't know how many women were laughing at her. She had thought that her husband treated her wholeheartedly and was always proud in front of those women. But it turned out that she was the biggest joke because her husband found a female fairy and had a child with her.
Mu Yinghai entered the palace together with the guards and eunuchs sent by the palace. When he saw the emperor, he was helped up by the emperor just as he was about to salute him. He did not bow down.
The emperor did not meet Mu Yinghai alone, there were other ministers around him. These ministers were discussing with the emperor about the establishment of the Cultivation Alliance. In fact, there have always been many supernatural things. If strict statistics are made, countless people die every year due to various abnormal reasons. If the Cultivation Alliance can really be established, at least they don't have to worry about these extraordinary forces causing massive damage.
The battle between Lingxiao Demon Taoist and the Demon King in the suburbs of Beijing shocked them greatly. This was the first time they faced such extraordinary power. Ordinary people were simply vulnerable in front of such power. They also urgently hoped that the existence of such power could be restrained, and at the same time help ordinary people solve some supernatural things.
At this moment, Mu Yinghai's eyes became a little different. This person also possessed unusual powers. He was a half-demon born from a human and a demon. In the future, he would enter the Demon Bureau to manage all the demons in the world.
The emperor first asked Mu Yinghai if he was willing to join the Monster Bureau and assist the court in managing the monsters. Of course Mu Yinghai agreed. This was the most legitimate identity he could obtain. No matter whether they were human or monster, they would have to recognize him in the future. Those monsters who looked down on him would have to obey his management. Mu Yinghai was looking forward to such a future.
"Of course I do."
His Majesty asked him kindly: "I heard that your mother is a fairy and your father is a human? Then your father is..."
Here it comes, here it comes, the key content is here.
Everyone pricked up their ears to listen, afraid of missing a word.
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